Articles Index

Biography of Carlos Prats

Carlos Prats was a Chilean Army General who served under President Salvador Allende. After Allende was removed in a coup, Prats fled to Argentina, where Chilean agents assassinated him in 1974.

Biography of Augusto Pinochet

Augusto Pinochet (1915-2006) was a general in the Chilean military who also served as president and dictator for almost twenty years. During his time in office, thousands of Chileans were arrested, tortured and executed without trial. Nevertheless, many Chileans credit Pinochet with saving their country from communism.

Biography of Juan José Torres

Juan José Torres was a Bolivian general and President of his country for a brief time in 1970-1971. Deposed by Colonel Hugo Banzer, Torres went to live in exile in Buenos Aires. While in exile, Torres attempted to subvert the Bolivian military government. He was assassinated in June of 1976, and many believe Banzer gave the order.

Biography of Jorge Luís Borges (1899-1986)

Jorge Luís Borges (1899-1986)was an Argentine writer and poet. His intellectual short stories made him internationally famous, and his is considered a precursor to the famous Latin American literary "Boom" of the late Twentieth Century.

Biography of Orlando Letelier

Orlando Letelier was a rising political star in Chile in 1973, when General Augusto Pinochet seized control of the government. Living in exile, Letelier was an outspoken critic of the military regime, and in September, 1976, he was killed in Washington, D.C. by Chilean agents: an attack on US soil by an "ally" in the war on communism.

Biography of Diego Rivera

Diego Rivera was Mexico's best-known muralist. An avowed communist, he was as well known for controversy as art, and his is also famous for his volatile marriage to fellow artist Frida Kahlo.

Biography of Roberto Gómez Bolaños (Chespirito)

Biography of Roberto Gómez Bolaños, a.k.a. Chespirito, Mexican writer and actor who made famous characters such as el Chavo del 8 and el Chapulín Colorado.

Biography of Camilo Cienfuegos

Camilo Cienfuegos was one of the leaders of the Cuban Revolution, as famous to Cubans as Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. Considered a hero of the revolution by Cuba's government, there are neverhteless lingering doubts about his untimely death and whether or not Fidel Castro had anything to do with it.